rhnreg_ks

Langue: en

Version: 2006 November 13 (fedora - 01/12/10)

Section: 8 (Commandes administrateur)

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NAME

rhnreg_ks - A program for non interactively registering systems to Red Hat Network.

SYNOPSIS

rhnreg_ks [options]

DESCRIPTION

rhnreg_ks is a utility for registering a system with the Red Hat Network. It is designed to be used in a non-interactive environment (a kickstart style install, for example). All the information can be specified on the command line or stdin.

OPTIONS

--profilename
Specify the profile name that should be used as an identifier for the system in Red Hat Network
--username
The username to register the system with under Red Hat Network. This can be an existing Red Hat Network username, or a new username.
--password
The password associated with the username specified with the --username option. This is an unencrypted password.
--activationkey
Specify/use a serial number to associate with the system. This is optional, but activation keys can really simplify the registration process. Learn more about activation keys in the online RHN documentation.
--contactinfo
This option has been deprecated. Please login to the server web user interface and update your contactinfo.
--nohardware
Do not probe or upload any hardware information.
--nopackages
Do not profile or upload any package information.
--novirtinfo
Do not profile or upload any virtualization information.
--norhnsd
Do not start rhnsd after completion.
--force
Register the system even if it has already been registered.
--version
Show the version of rhnreg_ks.
--proxy
Specify a HTTP proxy to use.
--proxyUser
Specify a username to use with an authenticated HTTP proxy.
--proxyPassword
Specify a password to use with an authenticated HTTP proxy.
--sslCACert
Specify a path to a SSL CA certificate to use.
--serverUrl
Specify a URL to as the server.
-h, --help
Show a help message and exit.

FILES

/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid
The digital server ID for this machine if the system has been registered onto Red Hat Network. This file does not exist otherwise.
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/update
The common configuration file used by RHN client programs.

EXAMPLES

Register a new system to Red Hat Network:

 rhnreg_ks --profilename "example_profile_name" --username "someexampleuser" --password "foobar"

Register a new system to Red Hat Network with contact info:

 rhnreg_ks --profilename "example_profile_name" --username "someexampleuser" --password "foobar" --contactinfo < contactinfo
 
 where the file "contactinfo" contains data in the format:
 
 first_name: Billy
 last_name: Bob
 company: SomeCompanyName
 city: Springfield
 fax: 555-5555
 phone: 555-5555

SEE ALSO

rhn_check(8), rhn_register(8), rhnsd(8), rhn-profile-sync(8), rhnplugin(8), up2date(5).

AUTHORS

See the AUTHORS file included with this software.

This manual page was written by Adrian Likins <alikins@redhat.com> and James Bowes <jbowes@redhat.com>

BUGS

Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>.

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